If you had spent the $32, choosing between it and the r1 would have been much easier because they will cost relatively the same.

This means you will be judging strictly based on sound instead of value due to price-performance ratio.

I guess you could pretend you spent $32?
Or check if the ebay one hasn't shipped and request a cancel from the seller?

Good thoughts and thanks for the concern lol! But I think I'll stick with the waiting and the suffering. I feel that I must slow things down and repent somewhat for all of my dsnuts-taneous™ iem purchases lately. Hopefully, having to wait for the mh1c's will staunch the bleeding for a while (yeah, who am I kidding lol!). And when it comes down to it, I'm happy to have spent only $21 on the mh1c's, and I'll appreciate them that much more when I do eventually get them :)

@ ericp Lol. Now there's the reaction I wanted to see. It gets much better with a full burn in . They are pretty crazy.

So this little combo sounds so freaking awesome.. Mines burned in for 60 hours too. They do get better and with some juice behind them. Wow.

I dont kniw why the hell I' still on this thread, but could you please tell me this - what do you think, is the mh1c "better sounding" than XB90EX? I'd consider it if it is a better sound (don't care about anything else) than the XB90EX. I know, better is very subjective and they may be very different kinds of sounds, but I'm still interested in overall comparison....

I dont kniw why the hell I' still on this thread, but could you please tell me this - what do you think, is the mh1c "better sounding" than XB90EX? I'd consider it if it is a better sound (don't care about anything else) than the XB90EX. I know, better is very subjective and they may be very different kinds of sounds, but I'm still interested in overall comparison....

These don't have the grand deep mids the XB90s have or the sub bass like them either. Sound stage is smaller more intimate sound but doesn't sound congested in any way. Music detail is easily heard on MH1C. Highs have more presence yet is not harsh. Very smooth accurate highs actually. Both are easy to listen to. These sound like a tighter better balanced cleaner more intimate sounding XB90. These are from Sony after all. If you can snap one up for cheap. Why not.. I will tell you they will be worth every cent you pay for them.

The XB90EX is like a Musical version of how these MH1C sounds. I think they compliment each other well actually.

Okay, I've haven't heard anything this incredible for under $50. Anything (and only four hours burn in on it)!! Call it the hype train and on listen to Dsnuts if you want, and just miss out. But the MH1C is no joke. Dsnuts (and really ClieOS was the first) hit the ball out of the park with this one! Timbre, sub-base, clarity, details (without being analytical ) is all there. I'm not going to say (yet) it pushes past the FXD80, but it's right there with the FXD70 (with more bass, but not a bass monster). A very refined sound that could easily be in the $200-$250 price range in sound quality. And unfortunately the head-fi snubs probably won't give this try like they refused to give the JVC FXD series a try.

I haven't been this excited about the sound of a cheapie since hearing the S500 headphone. Yes, that's how good this is. Kudos to Dsnuts with on-the-money first impressions.

Let them burn there wallets with expensive stuff, these things is crazy good. Maybe mines needs more burnin but still not so close to my 70's, but i got your point and maybe with some more burn in they could match the 70's.

Apple earbuds for $30? being the best under 50? sorry guys.. THOSE ARE A JOKE!

Good thoughts and thanks for the concern lol! But I think I'll stick with the waiting and the suffering. I feel that I must slow things down and repent somewhat for all of my dsnuts-taneous™ iem purchases lately. Hopefully, having to wait for the mh1c's will staunch the bleeding for a while (yeah, who am I kidding lol!). And when it comes down to it, I'm happy to have spent only $21 on the mh1c's, and I'll appreciate them that much more when I do eventually get them :)

Dont worry man, these are approved from the "Crazy Gang" (all of us). No,. they are not good.. they are CRAZY good, its the first time i feel like i am stealing someone.

i have not heard the R1, DS could you give us you opinion on both?

IMHO regular price from these things should be around $80-$100 bucks.. easy.. FX40, 3580? sounds like a toy compared to these.

Let them burn there wallets with expensive stuff, these things is crazy good. Maybe mines needs more burnin but still not so close to my 70's, but i got your point and maybe with some more burn in they could match the 70's.

Whew! Thank you rick. The evil cheapo mh1c's seemed to be rendering my r1's obsolete pretty much as soon as I got them (and they only took 2 days to get here), and it was starting to look like the mh1c's were threatening my (still to arrive) fxd70's as well! So, I'm kind of happy about what you are saying.

Whew! Thank you rick. The evil cheapo mh1c's seemed to be rendering my r1's obsolete pretty much as soon as I got them (and they only took 2 days to get here), and it was starting to look like the mh1c's were threatening my (still to arrive) fxd70's as well! So, I'm kind of happy about what you are saying.

Fwiw, I'm still enjoying the r1's, so there dsnuts!

Yes that will be short lived. Once you hear these. Unfortunately. You will understand once you hear these. Please do A/B against the MH1C. You will all understand.

The R1s aren't bad per se. I can enjoy them but. The MH1C I can't take out of my ears. Those I have to force into my ears. All will be clear once you hear them in their full glory.

These don't have the grand deep mids the XB90s have or the sub bass like them either. Sound stage is smaller more intimate sound but doesn't sound congested in any way. Music detail is easily heard on MH1C. Highs have more presence yet is not harsh. Very smooth accurate highs actually. Both are easy to listen to. These sound like a tighter better balanced cleaner more intimate sounding XB90. These are from Sony after all. If you can snap one up for cheap. Why not.. I will tell you they will be worth every cent you pay for them.

The XB90EX is like a Musical version of how these MH1C sounds. I think they compliment each other well actually.

Thanks for the reply, I'll just save the 20-25 bucks and add them to JVC FXZ100 (or hopefully, FXZ200) funds :)

I threw the R1 this morning on my set up and I was like. Ya these sound much better..Then I threw on my MH1C. I started packing the R1s.

See what I mean? Things move too quickly around here. Must stop the bleeding. It can't be 1 week from the time when I ordered my R1's based on this crazy thread, and now the main instigator is throwing them under the bus. Nasty lol! I guess the upside is that you "tell it like you hear it", whether the masses want to hear it or not!

Just curious.. how the heck do you guys sell all of your iem's and headphones? Just here on head-fi? Ebay? Elsewhere? How much do you figure you can sell your R1's for?

See what I mean? Things move too quickly around here. Must stop the bleeding. It can't be 1 week from the time when I ordered my R1's based on this crazy thread, and now the main instigator is throwing them under the bus. Nasty lol! I guess the upside is that you "tell it like you hear it", whether the masses want to hear it or not!

Just curious.. how the heck do you guys sell all of your iem's and headphones? Just here on head-fi? Ebay? Elsewhere? How much do you figure you can sell your R1's for?

I gave my R1's away but I sell almost everything here on head-fi at a huge discount normally.